Patricia Stoltey

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Oopsie! A NaNo Failure Alert!

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Well, darn. I’m not going to make my word count today.

I had to clean house before the cleaning gal came, take Katie Cat outside on her harness and leash, take a nap, and get caught up on my Northern Colorado Writers and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers chores. And then I pooped out.

The good news: I’m going to do a two-day NaNo sprint tomorrow and Saturday. I have high hopes I’ll not only get caught up but will have lots of words stored up for another day off a little later in the month. Like Thanksgiving Day, for instance.

This evening I’m going to take stock of what I’ve written so far and do a little planning with the hopes of laying out the rest of the story.

I know. That’s very unlike me.

But it’s also unlike me to write every day.

Having 10,000+ words down in six days feels awesome. On a Friday evening to Sunday morning retreat I can churn out 13,000 to 15,000 words during the quiet writing sessions. If I could do that during my two-day sprint, I’d be close to halfway done by the end of Saturday.

I sure wish I could keep that up for the next year. Just think how many first drafts I could finish.

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  8. Alex, most women seem to understand but most men laugh. I guess it’s a woman thing.

    Margot, it was just too beautiful outside not to take Katie Cat outside grasshoppers. All the rest was fluff.

  9. Pat – I know how you feel. I have days like that too where life gets in the way of my writing life. I give you so much credit for doing NaNoWriMo. One slip ain’t going to mean you don’t get there.